St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-02

orders, and a total disregard for private
rights and personal liberty to the western
states of Kentucky, Missouri. Indiana, ILL.,
nois and Ohio has aroused the people to mad
ness, and prepared them in their desperation
| to seize upon the
FIRST GLlMMER OF HOPE
to dare all. and in doing so to regain what
they have lost. In order to arouse the peo-
pie political meetings, called peace meet
ings, have been held and inflammatory adj
dresses delivered, and whenever orators
have expressed themselves for peace with
the restoration of the Union, and if that can
not be, then peace on any terms, the cheers
and clamorS of the masses have known no
bounds. correspondence has been re-
Gently held between some members of
our commission and representatives of the
united states government, copy of which
you have no doubt seen. After an interview
with Mr.. Greeley. Mr.. Lincoln has been led
to issue his remarkable manifesto ITO all
whom it may concern" taking the ground
that ne Will listen to no proposition which
does not embrace the total abandonment of
slavery. The impression left on the public
mind of the North by this correspondence
is that the South would agree to reConstruc-
tlon now to obtain peace. This
belief, coupled with Grants last defeat
at Petersberg and Sherman's delay in taking
Atlanta, 4 call by draft for 100000 ad-
ditonal troops has produced a most wonder
full change in the MINDS of the people of the
Northwestern states. Politicians who had
the opinion that nothing was left them but a
struggle Tor liberty, even TO the extent of
force OF arms, are now willing to wait and
test the view of the ballot box. and many of
these are most active in oiSsuading their
friends from any attempt at violence This
remarkable change has been noticed by Mr..
Lincoln and his cabinet, and know what
write when l assure you that they are very
APPREHENSIvE OF THE RESULT.
You are aware of the former intimacy ex-
listing between Judge Black. of Pennsylvania
MIR. Stanton and myself. Stanton has acted
in many respects shamefully, and has for
feited much of that respect which Judge
Black formerly entertained for him. Three
DAYS ago, however, Judge Black visited me
in Toronto delegated by Mr.. Stanton to do
so, and stated 10 me that Stanton was con-
WINGED of the present prospect of Mr.
Lincoln's overthrow in November and Of the
necessity of somethidg being done which in
that event would allay the exposed state of
pubic feeling at this time. Mr.. Stanton does
not believe that anything except deter
mined favorable turn in milit airy affairs viii
prevent the defeat of the Republican party
at the next election and
BLACK HAS COME TO ME f."a
to learn the state of feeling in the Confeder-
ate states and to know whether was able to
say If negotiations could be opened. With
out separation l am given TO understand
that proposition will be considered which
will secure US in all our rights, presen: and
prospective. was not authorized to make
direct and positive reply, but SAID
the emperor of the French had
apparently lnpathized with us, but had ut
terly failed to offer aid; on the contrary, had
used US as means to affrout the United
States before all the world by making Presi-
dent Lincoln practically repudate the cher
ished Monroe doctrine, and that we were I'M
der no obligations to the French emperor; that
England, in herself, had cast us
OFF, aud while her people sympathized
with US. Lord Palmerston was willing to see
us eXterminated, if thereby England could
enlarge her cotton fields and increase her
carrying trade. Judge Black has returned
to Washington. however, after promis ng to
communicate with us without further delay.
JACOB THOMPSON.